A woman who knows how to handle knitting needles and yarn will never miss the opportunity to do something for her child with her own hands, even if she has not yet been born. Pregnancy is an excellent period in which the expectant mother can still afford to tinker with threads without haste and fuss. But for some reason, knitting is one of the many prohibitions for women in position. Find out why.
Why do women begin to knit during pregnancy
A future mother who has crossed the threshold of 30 weeks and entered legal maternity leave is faced with the fact that she has a lot of free time, and there are very few ways and ideas to take it. It is at these moments that the needlewomen take skeins with children's yarn from their stocks and sit down for knitting.
They are driven not only by the desire to take something with their hands, but also by the hormonal processes inherent in this period of pregnancy, which push the woman to prepare for the birth of the child. Among pregnant women, this period is called “nesting”, which clearly reflects the behavior of most expectant mothers. Plaids, booties and warm envelopes of unusually soft and fluffy yarn, all this is carefully prepared and stacked in a separate place in anticipation of the “X-time”.
However, no matter how useful and appropriate occupation is knitting during pregnancy, it very often becomes a stumbling block in many families. A future woman in labor may be faced with a negative reaction from those around her - mother, mother-in-law, and even a younger and more modern best friend, who claims that knitting can harm a baby.
What superstition says about it
Despite the fact that the modern world has long moved away from ancient customs and traditions, superstition and signs still have unspoken authority over people. Not only knitting during pregnancy, but also the whole process of bearing a baby and subsequent delivery is shrouded in many beliefs and signs, which even the most superstitious future mother will not have enough time and energy to follow.
So, from ancient times it is believed that by tying knots on a knitting yarn and some other threads, a woman ties knots on the umbilical cord of a baby, which in the future can lead to impaired fetal development. If we turn to popular women's forums, then every second participant can share eerie stories telling that a woman who was engaged in knitting gave birth to a child with a double, or even triple, entanglement of the umbilical cord around the neck.
Important! The entanglement of the umbilical cord around the child’s neck provokes oxygen starvation - intrauterine hypoxia, the consequences of which can be extremely severe.
If you believe the national signs, then all girls in a position need to avoid any contact with threads and needles both for knitting and for sewing:
- careless handling of knitting needles and needles (if pricked with them) will result in traces in the form of numerous moles and birthmarks on the baby’s body;
- stitching something (repairing damaged clothes, stitching finished items) can “sew up” the way for a child to be born;
- if you accidentally or intentionally step over a thread, this can also provoke entanglement and, as a result, hypoxia.
Opinions of gynecologists
Not a single competent and qualified obstetrician-gynecologist will prohibit a future mother from doing needlework, arguing that the child will become entangled in the umbilical cord. There is no scientific evidence or evidence that knitting can harm a baby. But what really negatively affects the emotional and even physical condition of the girl in position is the inappropriate advice of others and the imposition of frightening, completely unrelated to real life will take superstitions.
If a girl feels well and receives emotional satisfaction from knitting, she can safely do this type of needlework. The only thing a doctor should warn his patient about is that:
- do not sit too long for knitting, as this provokes stagnation of blood in the small pelvis;
- no need to knit at night and in poor lighting, as this affects the vision and general condition of the young mother.
Important! Refuse knitting and sewing will have to those women whose hands and fingers began to swell after the thirtieth week. Swollen fingers are simply inconvenient and even a little painful to hold thin needles and needles in your hands.
